As a contingent of East St. Louis clergy members and citizens walked west to the center of the Martin Luther King Bridge, they soon caught sight of hundreds of other people approaching from the west.

While police shut down the MLK Bridge downtown, demonstrators urged everyone to see immigrants as people, instead of policy.

The Alzheimer’s Association recently presented the Crystal Award to the St. Louis Bridge Center in recognition of its fundraising efforts for 2025.

The quiet St. Louis riverfront in 1928, long after railroads had greatly reduced river commerce. In the background is the MacArthur Bridge, known then as the Municipal "Free" Bridge. The railroad ...